Shipping-case for bottles.



PATENTED DEC. 27, 1904. D. H. BOWLIN & W. L. DOUBLE.

SHIPPING CASE FOR BOTTLES.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 29,1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID H. BOIVLIN AND WILLIAM L. DOUDLE, OF COLUMBUS, MISSIS- SIPPI; SAIDDOUDLE ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO SAID BOWLIN.

SHIPPING-CASE FOR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,736, dated December27, 1904.

Application filed June 29, 1904. Serial No. 214,668.

To (477/ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DAVID H. BowLIN and IVILLIAM L. DOUDLE, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Lowndes andState of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful Shipping-Case forBottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to boxes or crates for shipping purposes, andmore particularly to a box or crate especially designed for shipping ortransporting bottles, jars, and similarv compartments and preventingaccidental displacement of the bottles or other articles.

A still further object is to arrange the supporting-rods in one or moresets or series, the rods comprising each set or series being formed of asingle length of wire, which engages the walls of the box in such amanner as to effectually reinforce and brace the latter.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, itbeing understood that various changes in form, proportion, and minordetails of construction may be resorted to without departing from theprinciple or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a perspective view of a box or crate constructed inaccordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view.Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the supporting-bars detached.

Similar numerals of reference indicate correspondingparts in all thefigures of the drawings.

The box or crate, which may be of any desired shape and formed of woodor other suitable material, is preferably rectangular in form, as shown,and comprises the end walls 5 and 5, side walls 6 and 6, and base orbottom 7. The abutting edges of the end and side walls are preferablyinclined or beveled to form miter-joints 8, and extending across thecorners of the box at said joints are diagonal plates or braces 9.

Arranged within the box or crate at a point adjacent the bottom thereofare a plurality of supporting bars or rods, preferably disposed in pairsor sets, the upper and lower transverse rods 11 of one set being formedof a continuous length of wire, as shown, and the longitudinal rods 12of the opposite set being also formed of a single length of wire whichpasses alternately under and over the transverse wires, thereby definingrectangular is secured in any suitable manner to the side wall 6 andpasses transversely across the box through the alined openings 14 and isbent downward at right angles in contact with the exterior face of theopposite side wall 6, as indicated at 16. The wire is then inserted Thewire forming the longitudinal supporting-rods is passed through theopenings M and 15 in the end walls of the box in a similar manner, saidlongitudinal wires passing alternately under and over the transversewires, as before stated.

As a means for preventing the longitudinal and transverse Wires fromslipping should any particular one become accidentally severed duringtransit, we provide staples or similar fastening devices 17, which aredriven into the end and side Walls of the box and engage theintermediate portions of the wires, as shown.

The box or crate is preferably provided with a hinged lid or cover 18,said cover being locked in closed position by a springcatch 19, whichengages a keeper 20, secured to said lid.

By having the longitudinal and transverse rods formed of a continuousstrand of wire threaded through the end and side Walls of the crate inthe manner described said rods are securely retained in position withoutthe use of auxiliary fastening devices, while by having the intermediateportions of said. wires bearing against the side and end walls of thebox and extending across the grain of the material instead of with thegrain said wires are effectually prevented from cutting through thewalls of the box when the longitudinal and transverse rods aretightened. It will also be observed that the intermediate portions ofthe wires form a series of spaced vertical and diagonal braces whichengage the vertical walls of the box, and thereby materially strengthenand reinforce the latter.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a deviceof the class described, a receptacle provided with a plurality oflongitudinal and transverse rods forming a series of compartments, theends of said rods passing through openings in the vertical walls of thereceptacle and extending across the grain of the material.

2. In a device of the class described, a receptacle provided with aplurality of longitudinal and transverse rods formed of a continuouspiece of Wire and defining a series of compartments, the ends of saidrods passing through openings in the vertical walls of the receptacleand extending across the grain of the material.

3. In a device of the class described, a receptacle provided with aplurality of longitudinal and transverse rods forming a series ofcompartments, said rods passing through openings in the vertical Wallsof the receptacle and having their opposite ends bent at differentangles and extended across the grain of the material.

4. In a device of the class described a receptacle provided with aplurality of longitudinal and transverse rods passing alternately underand over each other to form a series of compartments, the ends of saidrods passing through openings in the vertical side walls of thereceptacle and extending across the grain of the material.

5. In a device of the class described, areceptacle provided with aplurality of longitudinal and transverse rods forming a series ofcompartments, said rods being arranged. in pairs and passed throughopenings in the ver tical walls of the receptacle with the lower end ofone rod of each pair extended across the grain of the material andconnected to the end of the upper rod of the adjacent pair.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own We have heretoafiixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

DAVID H. BOW LIN. IVILLIAM L. DOUDLE.

Witnesses:

B. D. ERVIN, S. A. EGGLESTON.

